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. 2020 Feb 3;34(6):859–867. doi: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000002493

Table 4.

Comparison of Short Performance Physical Battery Score and subcomponents by healthy aging score status.

Missing (%) Overall (n, %) Healthy (n, %) Intermediate (n,%) Poor (n, %) P
N 101 39 32 30
SPPB score [median, IQR] 2 10 [9--11] 10.5 [9.25--11.75] 10 [10--11] 10 [9-- 10] 0.077
Balance score 2 0.521
 1 2 (2.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 2 (6.9)
 2 4 (4.0) 1 (2.6) 2 (6.2) 1 (3.4)
 3 4 (4.0) 1 (2.6) 1 (3.1) 2 (6.9)
 4 89 (89.9) 36 (94.7) 29 (90.6) 24 (82.8)
Seconds to walk 4 m [median, IQR] 0 3.00 [2.62--3.73] 2.96 [2.56--3.56] 2.90 [2.70--3.60] 3.23 [2.62--4.07] 0.397
Gait score 0 0.234
 1 1 (1.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 1 (3.3)
 2 1 (1.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 1 (3.3)
 3 5 (5.0) 1 (2.6) 1 (3.1) 3 (10.0)
 4 94 (93.1) 38 (97.4) 31 (96.9) 25 (83.3)
Seconds for five chair stands [median, IQR] 2 14.13 [12.00--16.06] 13.46 [11.20--16.50] 14.02 [12.17--15.20] 15.15 [12.58--16.91] 0.264
Chair stand score 0 0.113
 0 2 (2.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 2 (6.7)
 1 22 (21.8) 10 (25.6) 4 (12.5) 8 (26.7)
 2 32 (31.7) 8 (20.5) 14 (43.8) 10 (33.3)
 3 28 (27.7) 11 (28.2) 11 (34.4) 6 (20.0)
 4 17 (16.8) 10 (25.6) 3 (9.4) 4 (13.3)

IQR, interquartile range.